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Komal Agarwal, Ph.DPostdoc, Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-7942
https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=DlDThbsAAAAJ&hl=enAbout Me
Komal Agarwal is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow with Frank Melandsø in the Department of Physics and Technology at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway. She had completed her Ph.D. from Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore in the year 2020. Her research interests lie in the area of material and polymer science ranging from theory to design to implementation.
News
- June'21, Received NOK 175,000 funding from Centre for Digital Life Norway !!! “Photo-acoustic and acoustic microscopy enables determination of biomechanical properties: implications in fish tissue imaging”. Duration : 6 months
- Dec'20, Accepted !!! Structural Multi-Colour Invisible Inks with Submicron 4D Printing of Shape Memory Polymers, Nature Communications, NPG
- Oct'20, Accepted !!! K Agarwal, R Sahay, A Baji, AS Budiman, Impact Resistant and Tough Helicoidally Aligned Ribbon Reinforced Composite with Tunable Mechanical Properties via Integrated Additive Manufacturing Methodologies, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, ACS
Honors and Awards
- Singapore University of Technology and Design's PhD Fellowship, 2016-2020
- Gold Medalist - highest undergraduate course average at the institution level(HMIT)
Research Grant
- Digital Life Norway interdisciplinary reseach grant, NOK 175,000 for “Photo-acoustic and acoustic microscopy enables determination of biomechanical properties: implications in fish tissue imaging”
Key skills
- Microscopy: Field emission scanning electron microscope, Optical microscopy (transmission and reflected light), basic image processing on ImageJ
- Nanomechanical testing and surface profiling: Nanoindentor (indenation and scratch Test), atomic force microscopy
- Mechanical characterization tools: Charpy tester, Impact tester (Drop impact/ LVI) ,UTM(Zwick Roell, MTS, Instron), DMA (compression, three point bending, tension)
- Physical, chemical and thermal characterization tools: DSC, TGA, FTIR spectroscope, XRD, Goniometer (Contact Angle Measurement)
- Fabrication tools, clean room and others: 3D printing, Electrospinning (advanced methods of electrospinning), Photolithography (exposure), Nanoscribe, Vacuum infusion process, Blade casting, Spin coating, Spray coating, Dip coating, Laser cutting, Yellow glove box, Fume hood, Silanization (vacuum), Plasma coating (controlled atmosphere, vacuum), Sputter coating, Tube furnace (carbonization), Centrifugal vacuum mixer, basic machining tools and common material fabrication and characterization tools
- Trained in clean room ethics and protocols, Furnace lab safety, Chemical safety and disposal, Bio-safety, protocols from EHS Committee, SUTD, Singapore